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| Issuer | Solomon Islands |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | SHADES OF GOLD 2023 1/2 G 999.99 FINEST GOLD |
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Five-nines gold — 99.999% purity — is an unusual specification for a coin this small, requiring refining processes that most sovereign mints avoid for fractional issues due to cost and technical difficulty. The Solomon Islands issues coins of this type through licensing arrangements rather than domestic minting infrastructure; the country has no mint of its own.
The red panda series targets the bullion gift market aggressively, with 2023 being the first full year of posthumous Elizabeth II coinage across Commonwealth issues globally following her death in September 2022.